Electric



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ELECTRIC CORD FIXTURE Filed Jan. 10. 1929 ZShBQtS-Sheet l z V 5 4 a I. Inventor T IFQQJJ fleas/e2. 3'4

Aiiorney Feb. 24, 1931.

F. J. GEISLER ELECTRIC CORD FIXTURE Filed Jan.

10 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor I 7" @dJ ez'sler Patented Feb. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELECTRIC ,conn FIXTURE Application filed January 10, 1929. Serial No. 331,639.

The present invention relates to an electric cord fixture and has for its prime object to provide means which may he engaged with a socket for electrically connecting certain devices thereto such as vacuum cleaners and the like to allow the vacuum cleaner to be moved toward and away from the socket and causing the electric cord to wind and unwind on a reel thus preventing tangling of the cord and enabling the de'vice to be used more conveniently. A still further very important object o the invention resides in the provision of a device or fixture of this nature which is simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and .durable, thoroughly efiicientand'reliable in use and operation and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

1:0 With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combina- .tion and arrangement of arts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. In the drawings: Figure 1 is an end elevation of the device embodying the features of my invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof,

Figure 3 is a plan view of the fioor socket, Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure2,

' Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 66.of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a cylindrical easing which is extended at the bottom and indicated at 6 to receive a plug 7 of insulating material in which is embeddeda pair of spaced contacts 9 projecting downwardly therefrom and having insulation 10 therebetween. An opening 11 is provided in the top of the casing'through-which cord 12 passes.

A pin 14 extends coaxially through the casing and has a drum 15 rotatable thereon while the cord 12 is windable on the drum.

A spring 16 is coiled about the pin 14 50 being fixed thereto as at 17 and to the hub of the drum as at 18 and normally holds the cord 12 wound thereon. Leads 19 of the cord pass through openings 20 in the sides of the drum and are engaged with metallic washers 21.

Disks 22 of insulation are on the outer faces of the sides of the drum about the pin 14 and have sleeves of insulation 23 secured thereto and disposed about the pin 14 and the washers 21 are disposed about said sleeve 23. Springs 24 are disposed between disks 22 and washers 21 to hold said washers 21 stationary metallic washers 25 which are disposed against insulating disks or Washers 27 against the sides of the casing and leads 28 are connected with the washers 25 and with the contact 9.

The lower outer ends of the contacts have lateral extensions 31 disposed in opposite direction so that they may be inserted through slots 32 in socket plate 83 of the floor plug and then the device may be turned to engage lateral extensions with contacts 34 of the socket thus preventing the device being pulled out of engagement from the socket.

From the above detailed description it will be seen that when the electric cord 12 is engaged with a machine such as a vacuum cleaner, for instance, and the vacuum clearer is being moved away from and toward the casing 5 there will be no slack allowed in the cord 12 because of the spring 16.

Obviously a fixture of this nature is very useful and may be manufactured at a relatively low cost. Furthermore the fixture is handy and easy to engage in the floor socket.

It is thought the the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now e quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a detail description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A fixture including a casing, a spool in the casing, a cord windable on the spool, sprin means for normally holding the cord wound on the spool, a plug projecting from the easing, means electrically connecting the plug with the cord, said'plug including an integral neck extension on the'casing having an inturned flange on its free end providin a restricted opening, an insulating block 1n the I neck extension, a pair of contacts anchored in the block and projecting theretlirom through the opening and a'block of insulating material between free ends of the contacts.

FRED JOHN GrEIS ER.

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